Into the Blue

Posted on January 27, 2015

An adventurous photographer, Kent Mearig, couldn't resist scaling a 50-foot deep ice crevasse - simply because it lay within the city limits of his hometown.

With an ice axe in hand, the 33-year-old local resident drove, kayaked and trekked the 10 miles from his home in Alaska's capital, Juneau, to the Mendenhall Glacier, so that he could enjoy the simple thrill of exploring one of nature's most spectacular phenomena.

'The images show a massive moulin, which is a glacial feature that is the result of flowing water carving its way down through weaker points in the ice,' Mearig said.